Washington County news., August 23, 1906, Image 2

HEAT SHRIVELS TH E GRAIN.
ington County News
Earthquake, Fire, Wind and Lightning
Terrified Valparaiso.
b a it d Each W ««k
GRO VE........... OREGON
f S OF THE WEEK
Condensed Form (or Our
Busy Readers.
eiume o f the Lets Important but
^ Not L e t» Interesting Events
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o f the Past Week.
Cuban officials believe the ineurrec-
j bas reached its lim it.
p ,he government has withdrawn negro
; ips from Texas garritons.
jflarrim an is gaining control of the
rtbwestern as well as St. Paul road.
'be National Red Cross will receive
rds for the relief of stricken Chilean
he steamer Manchuria, which went
Fa reef in the Hawaiian islands, is
| pidly going to pieces.
The towon of Llaillai is reported to
[ve entirely disappeared as a result of
|i Chilean earthquake.
Pat Crowe has given up his old life
jjj-jd engaged in newspaper work; so he
i told the Omaha police.
Sid Howie has been trying to settle diffi-
rith Voliva, but the latter has
11 clined the prophet's terms.
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r| Mine gas in the coal mines near Ma­
tes ,j,noy City, Pa., killed two miners,
obahly fatally injured live others and
i tout a dozen were overcome.
The railroads companies convicted at
Lonis of giving rebates to the pack.
•* have taken an appeal to the United
tates Circuit coart of Appeals1.
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insurrection in Cuba ic spreading
alarming fashion.
Francisco has raised $10,000 for
work in stricken Chilean cities.
Several morn members of the dis­
s o lv e d Russian douma have been ar­
r e s te d .
It is reported that John D. Rocke-
jeller w ill establish a home for aged
V ;borue girls.
9t£Si French secret service men have cap-
bfT.ored a supply of bombs intended for
fuse on President Fallieres.
San Francisco bank clearings have
passed Pittsburg and she now stands
(sixth in the United States.
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The state of Illinois will see that
jJtprisoners released from the peniten-
( e *>tiary are provided with work.
® t H The Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria
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went on a reef off Rabbit is land, in
th ^ ft h e Hawaiian group. The vessel will
total wreck. No lives
V t likely prove
were lost.
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Word has been received at Ban Fran-
' cisco that the government transport ser-
' vice w ill remain at the bay city Plans
for the erection of new docks and sup­
ply stations at Fort Mason have been
approved and work will start within a
few weeks.
Railroads have voluntarily reduced
grain rates in Minnesota
The governor of Warsaw has been
[ seriously injured by a bomb,
Activity of tbe police frustrated a
plan to assassinate King Alfonso.
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It is said the sultan of Turkey has
decided to recognize Leishmau as an
ambassador.
Many immigrants who would be re­
fused admittance at a pore of entry
are being smuggled in through Mexico.
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Bookbinders
in the government
printing offici threaten to strike- on
account ot the action of a foreman to­
ward the men.
A San Francisco woman refugee feels
greatly insulted because she was given
a pair of No. 8 stockings when she
wears No. 3 shoes.
The Chilean disaster will be a bard
blow to English insurance companies,
as they carry more South American
risks than any others.
sit,
Union printers at their recent inter­
national convention decided to erect a
new building at their Colorado Springs
home to be used by the wives of aged
inmates.
Police in all parts of the Russian
empire are flooding the minister of the
Interior with resignations since the re­
vival of terrorism directled especially
against these officers.
A massacre of Jews is expected in
Waraaw, Russia.
A cave-in at Clincnport,
tombed 60 miners.
Vs. en­
Labor leaders have declared war on
Cannon's candidacy (or re-election to
congress.
Portland police are broking for Taul
Btensland, president of the wrecked
Chicago bank
The president has appoints«! James
S. Harlan, of Chicago, a member of the
Interstate Commerce commission.
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S T O R M FO LLO W E D THE SH O C K.
Roosevelt ia said to have declared
for Canon for president.
Daring the fiscal rear just en«le«i our
exports to Porto Rico. Hawaii and
Alaska increased about 20 per cant.
Russian
terrorists
continue the
■laughter of police. The government
has begun wholesales arrests and exile.
A tidal wave is reported from the
Hawaiian islands. The general height
was Hve feet and but little damage was
done.
Valparaiso, Aug. 22.— The loss of life
by the earthquake of Thursday, August
16, probably will not be short of 3,000,
while the property destroyed is esti­
mated at (100,000,000, and probably is
far in excess oi that sum.
Order is being maintained with the
utmoet severity by the military, police
and armed citizens’ patrols, who are
empowered to shoot looters on the spot.
The authorities are showing the utmost
energy in the protection of property.
With the first terrible shock of the
earthquake buildings collapsed, their
walls falling with a tremendous noise.
The inmates in many casesjwere unable
to escape. The shock was followed al­
most immediately by a fierce storm, the
wind prostrating the walls that bad
been weakened by the earthquake, and
these broke trolley wires, which flash­
ed incessantly. The second shock was
even heavier than the first.
Five minutes afterward fires started
in every direction, and immediately
the whole town which had been mo­
mentarily in darkness, was illuminated
by gigantic flames. Tbe firemen made
a desperate fight, though there w«s but
little water, as most of the mains had
been broken by tbe early tremor.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
M ILK IN G M ACHINE T E S T S .
VALLEY VALUES ARE RISING.
Demonstration o f Their Value T o Be Land Purchased Last Year Increases
About 28 Per Cent.
Given at State Fair.
Salem—
That the big profits in Ore­
Salem— Milking machines in opera­
tion will be one of the principal fea­ gon real estate are not made in Port-
tures of the dairy department at the lam) alone, or in city property alone,
State fair, which openB here September is indicated by an investment made less
10. Farmers and dairymen have al­ than a year ago by A. M. La Follette,
La Follette
ways been interested in the subject of a Mission bottom farmer.
milking machines and their interest as bought a 90 acre farm last fall at $62.50
become particularly Btrong in the last an acre, paying all that his neighbors
He bought
few years when dairying in this state thought tbe place worth.
has been hampered by tbe difficulty in it more for the investment than for use,
securing milkers. Men da not like to for he already has all the farm land he
milk and w ill not take work of that needs. A few days ago he was offered
kind if they can get anything else at $80 an acre for the same farm, or an
the same wages. But milking machin- increase of $17.50 an acre.
The total investment was $5,625.
erj has not generally been found to be
successful and dairymen have been and the amount offered a year later was
compelled to depend upon such labor $7,200, or an increase of $1,575, or
about 28 per cent.
Mr. La Follette
as they could get.
There are some manufacturers of thinks it will advance still further and
milking machines who think the/ have yield him a much larger profit, so he
contrived apparatus that w ill extract refused the offer. He thinks the build­
the lacteal fluid from the patient or im­ ing of electric roads through the valley
patient cow, whether she be a hard will raise farm land values in the next
milker or an eaiy one.
Machines so few years.
simple that a boy can run them, are al­
FOREIGN C A P IT A L T O REBUILD.
Physician to Indians.
leged to be ready for the farmer who
Chemawa— I)r. F. E. Slater, of Sa­
doesn’ t like to milk and cannot hire
Its interests Are Large and Chilean semebody else to do it for him.
Ma­ lem, has been appointed physician for
Credit Is Good.
chines atljustable for tall cows or short the Omaha and Winnebago Indians of
New York, Aug. 22.— (Juan Tonkin, ones, kickers and nonkickers, Jerseys, Nebraska, and will leave for his post
a Chilean civil engineer, who ia now in HolsteinB or scrubs, await the doubting soon. Dr. Slater »a s the physician at
New York, said last night:
owner of the dairy herd.
I t ’s all a the Chemawa Indian school for nearly
“ In Valparaiso local and foreign in­ question of proof and the state board of a year. He became interested in the
terests are so great that it is absolutely agriculture proposes to give the manu­ Indian work and requested a perma­
certain the city w ill be rebuilt.
The facturers of milking machines the op­ nent appointment from the commis­
financial burden of rehabilitation will portunity to prove by actual demon­ sioner of Indian affairs. Dr. Slater
gave excellent satisfaction at the Indian
not be thrown on Chile alone, but also stration.
on the numerous foreign interests,
There will be plenty of cows at the school here in treating the diseases in­
which include most of the nations of fair and the owners of machines will be cident to Indians.
the world. Of the foreign interests I called upon twice a day to do the milk­
Nevada Capitalists Buying.
believe the English w ill be the heaviest ing. I f the machines work to the sat­
losers, especially the many English fire isfaction of the farmers, there will be
Lakeview— Dr. W. II. H. Patterson,
insurance companies that suffered such some business in milking machines. a Reno, Nev , capitalist, and Mr. Norn-
great losses in the destruction of Ban If they don’ t work, the cows and their ardy, a Tonopah mineowner, arrived
Francisco.
However, it must be kept owners will give tbe machine manufac­ here reently and went to the Coyote
in mind that Chile enjoys very high turers the laugh.
Hills strike. Both gentlemen are ex
financial credit, especially in the Lon­
But whether the machines work or tensive mineowners in tbe Tonopah
don market, where her bonds are quot­ don’ t work, the state board of agricul­ mining district. They have also inves­
ed at 9 9 4 per cent. The external debt ture w ill give the farmers a chance to tigated the Pine creek mines, 15 miles
of Chile is about $106,000,000, which see them tried, and beyond doubt there from Lakeview, and it is stated on good
bas always been scrupulously served, will be ranchers around the stock pens authority that Dr. Patterson paid $10,-
and it takes only 21 per cent of the twice a day to see the demonstration, 000 for a tenth interest in a group of
Chilean government revenue to serve and the fun, if any of the cows object claims there.
this debt.
The Chilean state railway to the unaccustomed treatment.
alone represents nearly as much as the
Wheat Record at Westen.
external debt, while the salt petre
New Hospital at Chemawa.
Weston— Weston claims the largest
lands represent four or five times as
Chemawa— Plans anil specifications crop threshed in Oregon, and perhaps
much more.”
have been received at the Indian school in the Northwest, in proportion to the
here for a new brick $16,000 hospital, acreage seeded. J. M. Bannister had
K U R O P A T K IN IS NEEDED.
for which bids w ill be received and the exactly 5,642 sacks from 208 acres, one
contract awarded September 13.
The mile west of town, an average of 63
Disgraced General Has Full Confi­ building is to be supplied with tbe lat­ bushels an acre, at 140 pounds to the
dence o f His Soldiers.
est improved methods of heating and sack. The wheat is Dale Glory, which
St. Petersburg, Aug. 22.— Is General ventilation, and will be equipped with has been grown to a considerable extent
Kuropatkin, once the pride of the en­ the best sanitary appliances.
It will around Helix but bas just been intro
tire Russian army, war minister and be steam heated and electric lighted. duced in the Weston country.
fighter by nature, but whose laurels The main building will be two stories,
were trampled under foot by the vic­ 80x33, and will have two wings, 31x24.
Coqullle Mills Are Busy.
torious Japaneee at Liaoyang, in the In connection with the new hospital
Coquille— The sawmills in this vi­
earlier days of tbe fighting in Northern the school management w ill continue
cinity are running overtime, which is
Corea and Manchuria, to be vindicated. and extend the open air sanitarium
practically the first time they have run
That is the question uppermost in which it has been running since spring
even full time since the San Francisco
the mind of every officer of the army with excellent results.
earthquake. Many of them would run
tonight, and also the chief topic of «Re­
night and day if hands could be ob­
cursion at the military clubs, on tbe
Oregon Flax Good.
tained.
A ll kinds of laborers are
question arising through the indus­
Salem— George Verbeke, son of one scarce, especially carpenters.
trious circulation of a report that the
of the wealthiest linen manufaturers of
czar has sent for the genoral and in­
Ghent, Belgium, and a member of the
tends to place him once again at the
PO R TLAN D M ARKETS.
firm of Morel A Verbeke, is in Salem to
head of the department of War. Such
make
a
scientific
investigation
into
the
action would overthrow all ancient
Wheat — Club, 67@68c; bluestem,
Russian t-aditiona, but it is apparently possibilities for the development of the 70 3 71c; valley, 71c; red, 64366c.
flax and linen industries of Oregon.
necessary.
Oats— No. 1 white, $22322.50; gray,
Kuropatkin is the one man, and He said: “ I have been able to arrive $ 20 ( 321 .
at only one conclusion as a result of the
probably the only one in all Russia
Barley— Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
limited investigations which I have
who is in a position to reorganize the
$22 50; rolled, $23324.
made during my stay here, and that is
army. He is loved by the common
Rye— $1.30 per cwt.
soldier, who believes that be is the that Oregon certainly produces a very
Corn— Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per
high
grade
of
flax,
equal
to
any
that
I
only officer of general rank who hae
ton.
their interest at heart.
If intrusted have ever seen, and, in my judgment,
Hay— Valley timothy, [No 1, $11@
it
is
capable
of
being
manufactured
in­
with tbe task of bringing hack the al­
12.50 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
legiance of the troops to the “ Little to the choicest of linen fabrics.”
$16; clover, $7(37.50 cheat, $6 50;
Father,” he could do it, and the know­
grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10; vetch [hay,
Burned Trees Have Value.
ledge that this is so is responsible for
$7(37.50.
the belief here that he is to come into
Albany — Experienced lumbermen
Fruits — Apples, common, 50(375c
his own again.
state that activity on the part of mill per box; fancy, $1.2532; apricots,
Since his return from tbe front, a men will save much of the timber in $1.25(31.35; grapes, $131.75 perorate;
disgraced and broken hearted maa, the (he burnt district up the North San- peaches, $ 1 ( 3 1 . 10 ; pears, $1.75, plume,
general has been in retirement at his tiam river.
The fire as it rushes fancy, 50(375c per box; common 503
mother’c home, but it is generally ex through th green timber burns those 76c; blackberries, 5<36c per pound;
pected that he will soon be back in the parts of the trees which are loaded with crab apples, 75c per box.
capital in his old position as minister pitch, and leaves the w«jod but little
Melons— Cantaloupes, $1.7532 per
of war.
ebar'ed. A ll the limbs and foliage are crate; watermelons, 1 3 1 4 c per pound.
devoured, and the pitchy bark is burn­
Vegetables— Beans, 637c; cabbage,
Wilson Inspects Incognito.
ed through, but the part that is valua­ 1*432c per pound; celery. 85c3$l per
Omaha, Aug. 22.— Secretary Wilson, ble for lumber is injured but little.
dozen; corn, 15320c per dozen; cu­
of the department of Agricnlture, un­ This charred timber may be utilized
cumbers, 40360c per box; egg plant,
attended, airived at a local hotel late for milling purposes at aDy time within
10c per pound; lettuce, head, 25c per
last night, and, without registering or four years after the fire as a rule.
dozen; onions, 103124c per dozen;
disclosing his identity, early this morn­
peas, 435c; bell peppers, 1 2 4 3 16 c;
ing drove in a rlose<l carriage to the
State Will Profit.
radishes, 10315c; per dozen; rhubarb,
packing plants in South Omaha. Ait«r
Salem— That the sale of tbe Oregon 2 3 2 4 c per pound; spinach, 233c per
a short inspection cf several of the Central wagon road lands to Minnesota
pound; tomatoes, 60@90c per box;
plants the ee«-retary again returns«! to and North Dakota investors means
parsley, 25c; squash, $131.25 per
this city, saying:
“ I am going to much to the settlement of Southeastern
crate; turnips, 90c3$l per sack; 'car­
8«mth Omaha, but I don't want my Oregon is the belief of W. F. Dunlap,
rots, $131.25 per sac*; beets, $1.253
identity known. I have inspe«'ted all of the state printing office, who was 1.50 per sack.
the packing plants and found them in formerly a newspaper man in North
Onions— New, 1 4 31 4 c per pound.
good condition.”
Dakota. He bases bis opinion on hi*
Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks. 70375c;
knowledge of the work these men have sweet potatoes, 434 4 c per pound.
Storage Dam is in Danger.
done in North Dakoia in the way of
Putter— Fancy creamery, 22 4 325c
Phoenix, Aug. 22.— As the results of colonizing large tracts of land purchas­
per pound.
heavy rain in the Salton watershe«is, ed in that state.
Eggs — Oregon ranch, 21 4 322c per
the work of the ontractors ou the gov­
dozen.
ernment storage dam at Roosevelt per­
Clackamas Farmers Are Pleased.
Poultry — Average old hens, 13c per
formed during tbe past three or feur
Oiegon City— Gcttfried Moebnke, a
months has been greatly damaged, am* farmer at 8hubel, reports a yield of 74 pound; mixed chickens, 12>»313c;
unless the water (alia rapidly, every­ bushels per acre from a five-acre field springs, 1 3 4 3 1 4 c, old roosters, 93
thing in the way cf construction, to­ of oats. An exceptionally good yield 10c; dresse«! chickens, 14315c; tur­
gether with mnch of the machinery, of wheat and oats, both in qnality and keys. live, 16322c; turkeys, dresse«!.
w ill be washed away. Tonight the quantity, is reported by Clackamas choice, 2 0 3 2 2 4 c; geese, live, 8310 c;
whole volume of the river was ponring county farmers as fares the harvest has ducks, 113 lsc.
Hope — 1906 contracts, 18 3 20c;
through a channel 60 feet wide.
progressed. A yield of 70 bushels of 1906, nominal; 1904, nominal.
rata per acre is also reported from the
Wool — Eastern Oregon average best,
Police Will Keep Order.
farm of George Ijuelle near New Era.
16319c per pound, according to shrink­
Chicago, Aug. 22.— Payment by Re­
age; valley, 20322c, according to fine­
ceiver Fetsner of a dividend of 20 per
Cuts Heavy Crop o f Oats.
ness; mohair, choice, 28 3 30c per
cent to depositors of the defnnet Mil
I a Grande—James Halley harvested pound.
wankee Avenue State bank, or«lere«l by 10 acre* of oats last week, which will
Veal— Dressed, 6 4 3 8 c per pound.
the court last week, will begin tomor­ average SO bushel*. The straw was so
Beef — Dressed bulls, 3c per pound;
row morning. There were 22,000 de heavy and thick that the binder could
co"*- 4 4 3 5 4 c; country steers, 536c.
pieitors in the institution when it | nt only half a swath at a time, and it
Mutton — Dreesed, fancy, 738 c per
failed, ami in anticipation of a rush or ro o k two days to cut th* grain. This
pound; ordinary, 536 c; lambs, fanev
the p'ace tomorrow an extra detail oi I «hoabi not be considered bad for a . 8 3 8 4 c .
police has been asked for to keep order. | ball-crop" year.
Pork— Dree**d, 7 3 8 4 c P*r pound.
Reports o f Damage to Crops in the
Central West.
Bioux City, lows, Aug. 2 1 .— Hot
winds the past two days, following a
week of unusual torpidity, the maxi­
mum temperature being daily from
90 to 100, has created fear among
grain men that widespread damage to
tbe late grain and corn has been done.
Today has been a scorcher, although
there are indications tonight of a
let-up.
From Western South Dakota, West­
ern Nebraska and the northern cential
part of South Dakota an«l Southern
Minnesota reports today are that late
grains had been ripened so rapidly that
the berries are badly shriveled. The
greatest harm is expected in cornfields,
which have not in ten years, according
to reports a week ago, promised such
abundant yields. Corn is in tender
tassel, with kernel in the most sensi­
tive stage of its life.
Where moisture
has been sufficient the damage w ill be
light, but in the vast territory west and
northwest from here it has been dry for
two or three weeks and when the hot
wimls came the vegetation has been
largely robbed of its power of resist­
ance. Good authority pla«-es the de­
preciation in the corn crop as the result
of the last week of fierce heat at from 5
to 10 per cent on the average, with
much greater loss over various exten­
sive regions.
PR O PE R TY LOSS IN M ILLIO N S .
Death Roll at Valparaiso May
Tw o Thousand.
Reach
Valparaiso, Chile, Aug. 21 — At 7 :52
o’ctock last Thursday evening Valpa­
raiso experienced an earthquake of great
severity, and during that night 82
shocks were felt. Most of the buildings
of the city are either burned or damag­
ed. The loss will be enormous, prob­
ably reaching
$250,000,000.
Two
thousand persons killetl is considered
to be a fair estimate of the casualties.
Vena del Mar, three miles from Val­
paraiso and having a population of
over 10,000, Quiribu, 225 miles to the
southward, with a population of 25,
000; Santa Limache, 15 miles to the
northwest, with a population of 6,500;
Quillota, 25 miles to the northwest,
with a population of 10,000, and v il­
lages all around were destroyed. Most
of tbe damage was due to fire, which
started immediately after the first
shci’k.
The whole population is sleeping in
tbe hills, tbe narks or the streets. Food
is very scarce. Milk costs two Chilean
dollars, and it is almost impossible to
obtain meat, even at high prices.
Tbe railways are all destroyed.
Rain, which began to fall immediate­
ly after the first shock, stopped an hour
afterward. Tbe nights are very cold
and windy; the people sleeping in the
open are suffering greatly.
The captain of a steamship which
arrived from San Francisco says the sit­
uation here is worse than that follow­
ing the disaster at San Francisco.
CHINESE FOR C M l
Commission Asks lor Bids to
Supply Coolie Labor.
WANTS 2,500 IN FIRST BATCH
Reserves Option of Calling for More
at Will—Strict Terms for
Their Return.
Washington, Aug. 21. — Specific
tions for bids to furnish Chinese labor
for the construction of the Panan*
canal were issued today by the Inh.
mi an Canal commission. The basis for
bidding is, for 2,600 coolies,although it
is made clear that the commission mt.
call for such additional numbers of
Chinese laborers as it may need should
the experiment be successful, but the
number shall not exceed 2,000 per
month. A ll proposals must be receiv.
ed not later than 10 A. M. September
20, at which time they will be opened.
Tbe usual conditions regulating com­
petitive bidding for government eup.
plies are prescribed by tbe epecifiia-
tions.
Individuals, co-partnerships or cor­
porations competent to fulfill the termi
of the proposal w ill be permitted to
bid, but the proposals must be accom­
panied by a certified check orbyt bond
for $50,000. The bond of the success,
ful bidder w ill be advanced to $100,-
000 , which w ill belorfeitedifheshouid
fail to enter into a contract. Propoetli
are to be expressed in terms of hourly
wages. payable in gold currency of the
United States or its equivalent, for the
labor of not ’ess than 2,500 Chines« lor
a period of not lees than two yazn,
which may be extended.
Chinese laborers will be required to
work ten hours each day.
Overtime
will be paid in excess of ten hours ind
for all the work upon Sundays or holi­
days at tbe rata of time and g ball.
Tbe holidays recognized are January 1,
February 22, July 4, November 3,
Thanksgiving day, December 25 and
tbe firBt and last (lays of the Chinese
New Year.
S A N T IA G O HURRYING RELIEF.
No Railroad fo r a Month — Madman
Proclaims End o f World.
Santiago, C h ile, Aug. 21.— Tbe may­
or of Santiago declares it will take one
month to re-establish railroad commu­
nication between here and Valparaieo.
It has been discovered that certain
parts of the bay of Valparaieo are con-
side! ably shallow er, and new eoundinp
w ill be necessary.
As a result of the destruction of all
the drugstores in Valparaiso, medicinee
and drugs are lacking.
Eighteen am­
bulances w ith beds, a consignment of
medicines and a number of nurse« are
leaving for Valparaiso.
Consignment!
of provisions are being shipped u
VERY FEW PEOPLE KILLED .
quickly as possible.
The destructiou of the village« ol
Santiago Escapes With Immense De­ Papulo, Z a p illa and Renza hza been
struction o f Property.
confirm ed._____________
Washington, Aug. 21.— Cable advices
FIRES ARE QUENCHED.
were received at the Chilean legation
today, dated at Santiago, Chile, August
18, stating that the earthquake in that V alp araiso G uarded by Troopa-Pro-
city was very severe, but that there
visions Cannot Get Through.
were few casualties. Up to the time
V alp araiso, Ang. 21.— The fire« which
of filing the dispatch, which the charge
broke out after the earthquake have, n
d’affaires believes was Saturday even­
a result of stubborn efforts, finally been
ing, no news bad been received in San­
suppressed.
Dynamite was largely
tiago from Valparaiso on account of the
used to th is end.
interruption to tbe railroad and the
T he streets of the city are conetanty
telegraph lines.
patrolled by m ilitary and other force-
A dispatch to the State department
Many robbers have been shot and kill­
from the cónsul at Iquique reports that
ed . M artial law prevails.
j
Valparaiso is in ruins from an earth
Telephone communication bet*"*1
quake and is on fire. It is stated that
here and Santiago was restored tod»'-
at the time of filing the dispatch there
The telegraph wires, however, are •*>1
was no communication with Santiago
down, and the railroad is notyet wom
and no further details were obtainable.
ing. Letters to the outside world 1
The date of this dispatch is in doubt.
sent to Santiago by horsemen.
Mr. Buchanan, the head of the Amer­
Meat is being distributed ia
ican delegation to the Pan-American
streets here by order of the aotbonttAj
congress at Rio, cabled tbe State de­
and train loads of provisions have «*
partment today stating that no informa­
started from Santiago, but cannot ,
tion had been received at Rio Janeiro
regarding tbe earthquake, and asked for t h r o u g h . _____________
news. Secretary Adee cabled the infor­
mation contained in the dispatches from
Minister Hicks at Santiago.
•
Recommends Early Removal,
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 21 — Gen
eral W. E. McCaskey, commanding the
department of Texas, has made a recom­
mendation to the War department that
the negro troops at Brownsville and
elsewhere along the Rio Grande in Tex­
as be immediately withdrawn.
This
information is obtained from an au­
thentic source.
Tbe recommendation
further suggests that the forts now gar­
risoned with negro soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth infantry be left without
garrison in the interim before their re-
lief can be eent.
May Tie Up All the Building.
Ban Francisco, Aug. 21 — A general
tie-up of building operations in this
city on all the larger buildings is threat­
ened as a consequence of the refusal of
the contractors to grant the demands
made by the hoisting engineers.
Yes-
terday the hoisting engineers, who now
receive $5 a day. served individual de­
mands for an increase of $1 a «lay on all
contract*, to take effect tomorrow.
The correctors decided not to grant
tbe increase asked for.
A m erican Gold Mine Deal-
St. Petersburg, Aug. 21.— The
papers here report that American*
negotiating for the purchase 0^
Nerchinsk gold mines, which b»ee^
the cause of a great scandal10
several grand dukes were i® . . 1
The m ines are supposed to coe
quartz worth 12.000,000,000 znn
court cam arilla is reported to
ions to dispose of them, but the
j
icans have been chary of
concession w hich might be
j
by parliam ent at any time
desired.
No Am ericans Killed-
Lim a, Pern, Aug. 21- W *
from V alparaiso received he
state th at the earthquake the ^ j
immense destruction. The
^
ia not stated.
The govern®«*
ask the C hilean congress Jor
priation of $100,000,000 for
struction of Valparaiso. T
V alparaieo w ill be o p i n e d ;
for two hours. No newspap* is,
published. No Englishmen
cans were killed or injure«L^
P o o r Old Robinson Cn** _ -
N*w Y o rk , Aug. 21.-—Ar*P? ;
ed th is c ity today
, je
Am erican earthquake de** •
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Many Town* Reported Destroyed.
land of Juan Fernand**. * . ^
Lima, Peru. Aug. 21— According to ean coast. It belonged
j,t
news received here, the towns of Vina on it were a penal settlemen'T^
del Mar, Pstoraa, Hierro Viejo, 1 ui Thia la th e island made t ^
Uei. Santa Rosa de Los Andes, Nogales Daniel de Foe,
tbe
Melon and Zonpallar, Chile, have been thrilling
ed ventores
destroyed by the earthquake.
Cruaoe.